Okay, I am on a roll. Trying to get some of these Christmas gifts made so that I am not so frantic in December! I LOVE Malabrigo Rasta. The colors are so beautiful, it has a soft hand, and it is such a quick knit! I also think mobius cowls are fun. Here’s my newest…

Wow, I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is just 2 weeks away. That means it’s time to get hopping on all those handmade Christmas gifts. If you are a knitter or crocheter, Malabrigo Rasta is a beautiful kettle dyed bulky weight yarn for those quick knit gifts. It’s a bit pricy but with 90 yards (82 meters) and using large…

The leaves are falling here in Ohio and tomorrow is Halloween. Autumn is a beautiful season. It’s also the time for pumpkins! In the two care packages I sent out a couple of days ago, I included pumpkin bread and pumpkin muffins. Here’s my recipes. Pumpkin Bread 1 16 oz can pumpkin (be sure this…

The weather here is turning back into typical fall: drizzly, overcast, leaves falling. Thankfully frost is still not in the picture so I haven’t had to harvest all of my remaining basil, tomatoes, and such. However, knowing my garden is on its last legs, we did have pesto again for dinner last night. I decided…

We have had the most amazing weather the past week here in Ohio: highs in the 70s, low in the 50s and low humidity! The leaves are just beginning to change which tells me these beautiful days will get a bit nippier here soon. So, I had better begin my final harvesting of my garden….

Well, It’s Saturday morning, the first day of October but it feels like November. My daughter and older son are both away at college and each have friends visiting them this weekend. So, I decided to get another “care package” together for each of them. My oven still is not working so I’m experimenting with…

I have three children: two sons and a daughter. Billy, my middle child, is a college freshman studying mechanical engineering. I believe his first set of midterms are about to begin. That means Care Package Time! I was planning on baking some poppyseed bread but when I turned on my (gas) oven IT DIDN’T LIGHT!!! That means, gasp, NO…